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Relationship

Married

Hometown

CHICAGO

Places I've been

ALABAMA:

• BIRMINGHAM
• JEMISON
• MOBILE
• MONTGOMERY
• SELMA

CALIFORNIA:

• LOS ANGELES
• SAN DIEGO

ILLINOIS:

• EVANSTON
• GALENA

INDIANA:

• GARY
• INDIANAPOLIS
• RICHMOND

GEORGIA:

• ATLANTA
• LITHONIA

NEW YORK:

• BROOKLYN
• HARLEM
• MANHATTEN
• QUEENS

OHIO:

• CLEVELAND
• COLUMBUS

TEXAS:

• SAN ANTONIO

Education

• Charles Kozminski - 1959 to 1968
• St. Thomas Apostle High School, College Prep - 1968 to 1972
• Columbia College - Chicago, Creative Writing & Journalism - 1972 to 1975
• City Wide College of Chicago, Telecourses - 1976 to 1977
• YMCA Community College , Taking Classes - 1978 to 1978
• Olive-Harvey College, Child Development - 1978 to 1980
• Saint Xavier University, Computer Studies - 1998 to 2007

Work

• City of Chicago , Dept. of Personnel - Student/Clerk Trainee - 1973 to 1976
• American Medical Association, Clerk/Information Assistant - 1981 to 1985
• Center For Research Libraries, Acquisitions/Unit Order Receiving - 1985 to 1997
• Saint Xavier University, Learning Resource Coord./Support Staff Specialist - 1997 to 2008

More about me

The eldest of 8 kids, my mom had me at a very early age.  Subsequently at 18 months I was given to my great aunt and uncle who raised me.  I didn’t find out about my birth mom, or that I had sisters and brothers until I was 10.

I really loved my two Moms.  I know that I've been truly blessed to be love in return by two very remarkably strong and courageous women.

Both my Moms have passed on; my Mom who gave me life passed away on February 21, 2009 due to complications caused by diabetes.

With the exception of my youngest sister who lives in Florida, and the third oldest sister who passed away in November of 2006, my siblings all live in various sections of New York.

Our son is a U.S. Marine. He’s already done a tour in Iraq and earlier this returned stateside from a deployment to Japan.  

In between serving his country, he took time out to take a wife.  She’s a sweetheart.  They celebrated their one year anniversary in July.  We’re already looking forward to new grandbabies, tho my son assures us that we'll have to wait awhile.  They bought a puppy.

In May of 2007, after 35 years of taking courses at various colleges and universities in Chicago, I finally received my BA in Computer Studies.

My husband and I celebrated 34 years of marriage in September.  A thirty year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department, he officially retired last year.  He was always on busy companies and so gung ho and passionate about being a firefighter that it took me awhile, but now I finally believe him when he tells me that he doesn’t miss being a firefighter. 

After suffering concussions, burns, numberous scraps and bruises, a heart attack, plus 3 knee operations - all duty related, with the most recent operation taking place, in March of 2007, he's just happy to be able to leave the job relatively healthy.

We sold our home in December, 2008.  We had planned to move to San Antonio, TX, instead, we ended up moving and buying a home in Columbus, OH, where we  now live with my daughter and our grand kids, seven year old twins. In December we'll celebrate our one year anniversary as Ohioians.

Activities

Family

Avid reader favorite genres are:

• scifi
• romance and historical fiction
• Christian themed books

Working on a bible study of Women in the Bible

Watching movies

Love:

• Cartoons

Computer stuff: working with Microsoft's Movie Maker and creating digital collages of family photos

Blogging on Yahoo's 360

When I'm really ambitious

, writing reviews and submitting them to amazon.com

Favorite Charities

• United Negro College Fund
• The American Red Cross
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• Habitat for Humanity

Favorite Music

Contemporary Gospel

• Ayeisha Woods
• Kirk Franklin
• Donnie McClurkin
• MaryMary

Traditional Gospel

• Shirley Caesar
• Mahalia Jackson
• Thomas A. Dorsey - a former blues piano player he's best known for writing the song Precious Lord Take My Hand

Old School

• The Motown Sound
• Aretha Franklin
• James Brown

Favorite TV Shows

Star Trek Series

• The Original Series
• Deep Space Nine
• Dr. Who (my favorite Dr. is Tom Baker)
• Fringe
• Stargate SG1
• Sanctuary
• Heroes

Nicktoons

• Skyland
• Jimmy Neutron
• The Backyardigans

Favorite Movies

American Films

• Hollywood Shuffle
• The Matrix - the first two
• The Wizard of Oz - Still magical

Foreign Films

• The Seven Samurai
• Roshomon
• Jet Li's Heroes
• The 400 Blows (François Truffaut)
• Small Change (François Truffaut)

Pretty Much Anything These Guys Do

• Clint Eastwood
• Denzel Washington - I didn't like Training Day and I wasn't too happy with American Gangster. I just don't like a bad Denzel
• Morgan Freeman

Favorite Books

• The Bible by God
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Left Behind - the whole series with the exception of the military books - by Jerry Jenkins

, Tim LaHaye and others

Woman Thou Art Loosed by T.D. Jakes

Pimp MySpace

Favorite Quotes

Nothing is Impossible

When God is about to do something great, He starts with a difficulty. When He is about to do something truly magnificent, He starts with an impossibility.

Armin Gesswein

Favorite People

• My husband
• My son and daughter
• The grandkids

Favorite Places

Mario's Tacos - Blue Island

, IL

Rosangela Pizzeria - Evergreen Park

, IL

Palermo's Pizza - Oaklawn

, & Tinley Park, IL

The Dollar Tree

AMC Movie Theater in Country Club Hills

, IL

Max & Erma's

Favorite Animals

Dogs- but not the mean ones.

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